Jean-Claude Van Damme

Jean-Claude Van Damme

Columbia/TriStar Pictures

Jean-Claude Van Damme The Muscles From Brussels kicked his way into American hearts during the 1980s with such fare as No Retreat, No Surrender, Bloodsport and, of course, Kickboxer. Post-80s highlight: By 1994, Van Damme had graduated from B-grade action stuff to working with A-list talent like director John Woo, who made his American debut with Van Damme in Hard Target (1993). Post-80s lowlight: His movies started going straight to video in 2001 and he was reportedly diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Where are they now? Still kicking. He's playing himself in the celebrity sendup "JCVD" and has reportedly signed on, with action heroine Michelle Yeoh, to voice a character in "Kung Fu Panda 2." "Universal Soldiers IV" is still in rumor phase.

Jean-Claude Van Damme The Muscles From Brussels kicked his way into American hearts during the 1980s with such fare as No Retreat, No Surrender, Bloodsport and, of course, Kickboxer. Post-80s highlight: By 1994, Van Damme had graduated from B-grade action stuff to working with A-list talent like director John Woo, who made his American debut with Van Damme in Hard Target (1993). Post-80s lowlight: His movies started going straight to video in 2001 and he was reportedly diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Where are they now? Still kicking. He's playing himself in the celebrity sendup "JCVD" and has reportedly signed on, with action heroine Michelle Yeoh, to voice a character in "Kung Fu Panda 2." "Universal Soldiers IV" is still in rumor phase. (Columbia/TriStar Pictures)

Jean-Claude Van Damme The Muscles From Brussels kicked his way into American hearts during the 1980s with such fare as No Retreat, No Surrender, Bloodsport and, of course, Kickboxer. Post-80s highlight: By 1994, Van Damme had graduated from B-grade action stuff to working with A-list talent like director John Woo, who made his American debut with Van Damme in Hard Target (1993). Post-80s lowlight: His movies started going straight to video in 2001 and he was reportedly diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Where are they now? Still kicking. He's playing himself in the celebrity sendup "JCVD" and has reportedly signed on, with action heroine Michelle Yeoh, to voice a character in "Kung Fu Panda 2." "Universal Soldiers IV" is still in rumor phase.